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clé de voûte

English translation: Keystone

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French term or phrase:clé de voûte
English translation:Keystone
Entered by: GILLES MEUNIER

15:54 Jun 5, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Architecture / architecture
French term or phrase: clé de voûte
La clé de voûte du choeur
JCG
Keystone
Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-06-05 16:17:18 (GMT)
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Church *(Nursery at FUMC, Rms 122,124) 6:00 FUMC Carillons, 111 6:30 Disciple 1
Class, 304* 7:00 Chancel Choir Reh * THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002 7:30 Keystone 8:00 ...
fumcor.org/ftwkact2.html - 13k
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 08:06
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8Keystone
GILLES MEUNIER
4voussoir
blomguib (X)


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Keystone


Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-06-05 16:17:18 (GMT)
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Church *(Nursery at FUMC, Rms 122,124) 6:00 FUMC Carillons, 111 6:30 Disciple 1
Class, 304* 7:00 Chancel Choir Reh * THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002 7:30 Keystone 8:00 ...
fumcor.org/ftwkact2.html - 13k

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Also "apex stone, crown stone" cf. GDT
4 mins
agree  Tony M
5 mins
agree  spencer
14 mins
agree  Parrot
20 mins
agree  Linda Jarosiewicz
23 mins
agree  Arthur Borges: These are all in dictionaries, even the cheapies.
1 hr
agree  blomguib (X)
2 hrs
agree  Guereau: Key stone according to the "Glossaire des termes techniques" (FR/DE/EN/IT) (Éditions Zodiaque, a publishing company of French monks)
3 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
voussoir


Explanation:
if you want an original-one; try voussoir. It is the very correct technical term for an apex stone or key. Identical to the FR term


    civil eng.
blomguib (X)
Local time: 03:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FlemishFlemish, Native in DutchDutch
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